Comments on: Make people feel the point as well as see it http://www.jeffsextonwrites.com/2009/10/getting-your-audience-to-see-what-you-see/ Braving the demons of the deep in search of great copy Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:06:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jeff http://www.jeffsextonwrites.com/2009/10/getting-your-audience-to-see-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Jeff Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:45:37 +0000 http://www.jeffsextonwrites.com/?p=266#comment-59 Maybe these will give you more inspiration: http://www.holytaco.com/25-awsome-homeless-guy-signs ;) - Jeff Maybe these will give you more inspiration:

http://www.holytaco.com/25-awsome-homeless-guy-signs

;)

- Jeff

]]> By: Shane Arthur http://www.jeffsextonwrites.com/2009/10/getting-your-audience-to-see-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Shane Arthur Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:56:13 +0000 http://www.jeffsextonwrites.com/?p=266#comment-58 Damn good video, and damn good rewrite. I'm thinking about making a few cardboard signs with nice stencil letters and giving them to a few homeless people I drive by each day. .-= Shane Arthur´s last blog ..<a href="http://twitter.com/shanearthur/statuses/6804679537" rel="nofollow">shanearthur: @CopywriterMaven very cool video on Social Media</a> =-. Damn good video, and damn good rewrite.

I’m thinking about making a few cardboard signs with nice stencil letters and giving them to a few homeless people I drive by each day.
Shane Arthur´s last blog ..shanearthur: @CopywriterMaven very cool video on Social Media

]]> By: Jeff http://www.jeffsextonwrites.com/2009/10/getting-your-audience-to-see-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Jeff Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:13:52 +0000 http://www.jeffsextonwrites.com/?p=266#comment-52 That's a great tactic/sign for a homeless guy. It reminds me a lot of this video which I blogged about back when I wrote for The Grok: http://www.grokdotcom.com/2008/09/25/the-difference-between-great-and-average-copy/ http://www.grokdotcom.com/2008/10/06/cause-people-to-realize-the-truth-rather-than-just-tell-them/ - Jeff That’s a great tactic/sign for a homeless guy. It reminds me a lot of this video which I blogged about back when I wrote for The Grok:

http://www.grokdotcom.com/2008/09/25/the-difference-between-great-and-average-copy/

http://www.grokdotcom.com/2008/10/06/cause-people-to-realize-the-truth-rather-than-just-tell-them/

- Jeff

]]> By: Shane Arthur http://www.jeffsextonwrites.com/2009/10/getting-your-audience-to-see-what-you-see/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Shane Arthur Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:31:56 +0000 http://www.jeffsextonwrites.com/?p=266#comment-46 That was a great video and the text example you have was equally bad-ass. I saw a homeless man's sign that followed along this line of thinking. It read "I bet you a dollar you'll read this sign." People laugh at this sign and thus the feelings laughter emits transfer to the sign holder. That was a great video and the text example you have was equally bad-ass.

I saw a homeless man’s sign that followed along this line of thinking.

It read “I bet you a dollar you’ll read this sign.” People laugh at this sign and thus the feelings laughter emits transfer to the sign holder.

]]>